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      <title>Houston 50+ Senior Softball League 'Winter Season' Signup - Ends 10/27/12</title>
      <link>http://community.active.com/message/1275115?tstart=0#1275115</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:7923344e-1bc9-4bc0-ad19-ede0bdf4647a] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-1275115-44635/HCSSL_Flamingtext_com.gif"&gt;&lt;img alt="HCSSL_Flamingtext_com.gif" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="41" onclick="" src="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-1275115-44635/450-41/HCSSL_Flamingtext_com.gif" width="450"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18pt;"&gt;Winter Season Information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2012 WINTER SEASON SIGNUP &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The application is due received by HCSSL no later than the morning of Oct 27. The fee is $50 for returning players, and $80 for new players.&amp;#160; There is a $30 late fee for applications and fee's received past the October 27 deadline. League play begins early Nov and concludes in early March. See Winter Registration form link below for more details. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PRE SEASON EVALUATION &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The pre season evaluation process is conducted for several good reasons including safety. If you do not attend, you will not be eligible for the draft and will be assigned to teams in accordance with HCSSL guidelines regarding Late Registering Players. There is no guarantee you will play in the division in which you played last year. Players who have not played in the previous HCSSL &lt;strong&gt;2012 &lt;/strong&gt;Summer Season are required to attend the evaluation session on Saturday October 27 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Bayland Park Senior Softball Field # 2. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WINTER SEASON DESCRIPTION&amp;#160; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Winter Season schedule is approximately 30 games with no rain out make ups. Please read the application for additional details and see the HCSSL.ORG websites 'General Infotmation', 'Rules' and 'Links' pages for even more detailed information. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" name="news4814966"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span id="title" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.hcssl.org/files/Winter_Application_2012.pdf"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Link to 2012 Winter Registration Form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.hcssl.org/files/Winter_Application_2012.pdf"&gt;http://www.hcssl.org/files/Winter_Application_2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:7923344e-1bc9-4bc0-ad19-ede0bdf4647a] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:02:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>guest</author>
      <guid>http://community.active.com/message/1275115?tstart=0#1275115</guid>
      <dc:date>2012-10-21T04:02:22Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>7 months, 5 days ago</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Houston 50+ Senior Softball League 'Winter Season' Signup - Ends 10/27/12</title>
      <link>http://community.active.com/message/1275113?tstart=0#1275113</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:1589a21f-9e3a-41b6-bc41-38822cc38911] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span id="title" style="font-size: 18pt;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-1275113-44634/HCSSL_Flamingtext_com.gif"&gt;&lt;img alt="HCSSL_Flamingtext_com.gif" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="41" onclick="" src="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-1275113-44634/450-41/HCSSL_Flamingtext_com.gif" width="450"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Winter Season Information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;2012 WINTER SEASON SIGNUP &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The application is due received by HCSSL no later than the morning of Oct 27. The fee is $50 for returning players, and $80 for new players.&amp;#160; There is a $30 late fee for applications and fee's received past the October 27 deadline. League play begins early Nov and concludes in early March. See Winter Registration form link below for more details. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;PRE SEASON EVALUATION &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The pre season evaluation process is conducted for several good reasons including safety. If you do not attend, you will not be eligible for the draft and will be assigned to teams in accordance with HCSSL guidelines regarding Late Registering Players. There is no guarantee you will play in the division in which you played last year. Players who have not played in the previous HCSSL &lt;strong&gt;2012 &lt;/strong&gt;Summer Season are required to attend the evaluation session on Saturday October 27 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Bayland Park Senior Softball Field # 2. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;WINTER SEASON DESCRIPTION&amp;#160; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Winter Season schedule is approximately 30 games with no rain out make ups. Please read the application for additional details and see the HCSSL.ORG websites 'General Infotmation', 'Rules' and 'Links' pages for even more detailed information. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span id="title" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Link to 2012 Winter Registration Form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" name="news4814966"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span id="title"&gt; &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.hcssl.org/files/Winter_Application_2012.pdf"&gt;http://www.hcssl.org/files/Winter_Application_2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:1589a21f-9e3a-41b6-bc41-38822cc38911] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 03:44:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2012-10-21T03:44:52Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>7 months, 5 days ago</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Houston 50+ Senior Softball League 'Winter Season' Signup - Ends 10/27/12</title>
      <link>http://community.active.com/message/1275114?tstart=0#1275114</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:34c32e3a-ffee-406f-99bc-0ebd8e0766f7] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-1275114-44633/HCSSL_Flamingtext_com.gif"&gt;&lt;img alt="HCSSL_Flamingtext_com.gif" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="41" onclick="" src="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-1275114-44633/450-41/HCSSL_Flamingtext_com.gif" width="450"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18pt;"&gt;Winter Season Information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2012 WINTER SEASON SIGNUP &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The application is due received by HCSSL no later than the morning of Oct 27. The fee is $50 for returning players, and $80 for new players.&amp;#160; There is a $30 late fee for applications and fee's received past the October 27 deadline. League play begins early Nov and concludes in early March. See Winter Registration form link below for more details. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PRE SEASON EVALUATION &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The pre season evaluation process is conducted for several good reasons including safety. If you do not attend, you will not be eligible for the draft and will be assigned to teams in accordance with HCSSL guidelines regarding Late Registering Players. There is no guarantee you will play in the division in which you played last year. Players who have not played in the previous HCSSL &lt;strong&gt;2012 &lt;/strong&gt;Summer Season are required to attend the evaluation session on Saturday October 27 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Bayland Park Senior Softball Field # 2. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WINTER SEASON DESCRIPTION&amp;#160; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Winter Season schedule is approximately 30 games with no rain out make ups. Please read the application for additional details and see the HCSSL.ORG websites 'General Infotmation', 'Rules' and 'Links' pages for even more detailed information. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" name="news4814966"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span id="title"&gt; &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.hcssl.org/files/Winter_Application_2012.pdf"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Link to 2012 Winter Registration Form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.hcssl.org/files/Winter_Application_2012.pdf"&gt;http://www.hcssl.org/files/Winter_Application_2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:34c32e3a-ffee-406f-99bc-0ebd8e0766f7] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 03:51:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>guest</author>
      <guid>http://community.active.com/message/1275114?tstart=0#1275114</guid>
      <dc:date>2012-10-21T03:51:59Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>7 months, 5 days ago</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Re: Looking for a team to play with</title>
      <link>http://community.active.com/message/489546?tstart=0#489546</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:3e0a955c-2603-42d5-ba2d-d6b405d64a44] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please see Houstons HCSSL League website's "Softball Links" page for a listing of links for local Leagues, Tournaments, Ball Parks, etc...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://WWW.HCSSL.ORG"&gt;http://WWW.HCSSL.ORG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; and select the "Softball Links" button on the left to access the Links page.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:3e0a955c-2603-42d5-ba2d-d6b405d64a44] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:25:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>guest</author>
      <guid>http://community.active.com/message/489546?tstart=0#489546</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-07-21T20:25:44Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>4 years, 10 months ago</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Senior Softball 50+  A fun, inexpensive, health promoting, social alternative for retiring baby boomers</title>
      <link>http://community.active.com/message/27216?tstart=0#27216</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:0c4debda-a405-467d-b7ca-db5c1c8316b3] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-27216-1307/HomePagePic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img height="227" src="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-27216-1307/310-227/HomePagePic.jpg" width="310"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As the baby boomers near retirement the interest in Senior Softball seems to be growing at a consistent rate. These folks have the time and money to go out and have a good time while improving and/or maintaining their health. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many retirees' choose to just set at home and to fall prey to feelings of boredom, uselessness, loneliness and/or depression.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From the conversations I have had with the softball players in our Senior League the consensus is that the money and time spent at the field is a very convenient and inexpensive way to attain more fun, fitness and fellowship. Meeting people of common age and interests in your area also promotes other social interactions as well. I have met senior softball players that tell me that since joining a local league it is now the grandkids that are trying to catch up with them. For whatever your reason, if you are at or approaching the age requirement for your local senior softball league and once enjoyed playing the game, it might very well be to your advantage to check it out. For many Senior Softball players the game has provided a very enjoyable improvement to their general quality of life. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://eteamz.active.com/HCSSL"&gt;http://eteamz.active.com/HCSSL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please feel free to leave your own senior softball comments and/or information that may be helpful to other senior softball players or potential players, by adding to this discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:0c4debda-a405-467d-b7ca-db5c1c8316b3] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:52:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>guest</author>
      <guid>http://community.active.com/message/27216?tstart=0#27216</guid>
      <dc:date>2007-10-18T20:52:05Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>5 years, 7 months ago</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Senior Softball 50+       A fun, inexpensive, health promoting, social alternative for retiring baby boomers</title>
      <link>http://community.active.com/message/27199?tstart=0#27199</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:8af05d7f-2daf-49a7-aef1-731025ebc054] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;As the baby boomers near retirement the interest in Senior Softball seems to be growing at a consistent rate. These folks have the time and money to go out and have a good time while improving and/or maintaining their health. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many retirees' choose to just set at home and to fall prey to feelings of boredom, uselessness, loneliness and/or depression.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From the conversations I have had with the softball players in our Senior League the consensus is that the money and time spent at the field is a very convenient and inexpensive way to attain more fun, fitness and fellowship. Meeting people of common age and interests in your area also promotes other social interactions as well. I have met senior softball players that tell me that since joining a local league it is now the grandkids that are trying to catch up with them. For whatever your reason, if you are at or approaching the age requirement for your local senior softball league and once enjoyed playing the game, it might very well be to your advantage to check it out. For many Senior Softball players the game has provided a very enjoyable improvement to their general quality of life. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://eteamz.active.com/HCSSL"&gt;http://eteamz.active.com/HCSSL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt; &amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please feel free to leave your own senior softball comments and/or information that may be helpful to other senior softball players or potential players, by adding to this discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:8af05d7f-2daf-49a7-aef1-731025ebc054] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:09:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>guest</author>
      <guid>http://community.active.com/message/27199?tstart=0#27199</guid>
      <dc:date>2007-10-18T20:09:30Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>5 years, 7 months ago</clearspace:dateToText>
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